Rule 8.3 - BANCO SANTANDER SA
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in BANCO SANTANDER SA
Class of relevant security EUR0.50(REGD)
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 30 September 2008
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 272,739,075 4.36% 3,123,164 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 45,678,953 0.73% 65,693,611 1.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 21,490,685 0.34% 17,810,128 0.28%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 339,908,713 5.43% 86,626,903 1.39%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
Securities
Purchase 713 10.4500 EUR
Purchase 44,102 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 60,057 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 1,627 10.4624 EUR
Purchase 1,500 10.3800 EUR
Purchase 1,165 10.2000 EUR
Purchase 436 10.3000 EUR
Purchase 427,067 10.4341 EUR
Purchase 620 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 5,700 10.5700 EUR
Purchase 29,304 10.3877 EUR
Purchase 4,640 10.4976 EUR
Purchase 2,488 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 126,991 10.4550 EUR
Purchase 100 10.1000 EUR
Purchase 2,400 10.3400 EUR
Purchase 13,545 Transfer
Purchase 442 Transfer
Purchase 1,150 10.3500 EUR
Purchase 21,969 10.3516 EUR
Purchase 100 10.1000 EUR
Purchase 1,915 10.3400 EUR
Purchase 14,067 10.4600 EUR
Purchase 150,000 10.4624 EUR
Purchase 300 10.3600 EUR
Purchase 1,728 10.3800 EUR
Purchase 570 10.4700 EUR
Purchase 240 10.2000 EUR
Purchase 6,724 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 124,080 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 30,733 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 957 10.3400 EUR
Purchase 34,462 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 2,000 10.3400 EUR
Purchase 35,982 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 7,236 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 975 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 5,827 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 143,928 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 459 10.5699 EUR
Purchase 3,905 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 5,952 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 417,619 10.2742 EUR
Sale 427,067 10.4341 EUR
Sale 2,864 10.5032 EUR
Sale 126,991 10.4550 EUR
Sale 957 10.3900 EUR
Sale 3,878 10.3400 EUR
Sale 203,898 10.5000 EUR
Sale 17,429 10.4197 EUR
Sale 4,399 10.3534 EUR
Sale 733 10.2000 EUR
Sale 700 Transfer
Sale 126,991 10.4550 EUR
Sale 29,304 10.3877 EUR
Sale 1,100 10.4000 EUR
Sale 32,452 10.5000 EUR
Sale 3,905 10.5000 EUR
Sale 2,000 10.1300 EUR
Sale 4,606 10.5000 EUR
Sale 9,379 10.5000 EUR
Sale 194,015 10.5000 EUR
Sale 12,933 10.5000 EUR
Sale 28,477 10.5000 EUR
Sale 16,273 10.5000 EUR
Sale 8,029 10.4969 EUR
Sale 461,011 10.4318 EUR
Sale 3,000 10.3100 EUR
Sale 7,427 10.5000 EUR
Sale 14,067 10.4600 EUR
Sale 4,845 10.5000 EUR
Sale 2,673 10.5000 EUR
Sale 26,479 10.5000 EUR
Sale 4,640 10.4976 EUR
Sale 1,000 10.4400 EUR
Sale 1,100 10.4000 EUR
Sale 26,479 10.5000 EUR
Sale 360,338 10.4997 EUR
Sale 133,501 10.4300 EUR
Sale 4,000 10.1200 EUR
Sale 1,276 10.4708 EUR
Sale 43,938 10.3235 EUR
Sale 160 10.3500 EUR
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 4399 10.3534
CFD Long 15320 10.5
CFD Short 3384 10.4999
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
Call Sell 433000 10.6692 EURO 29/12/2008 0.2186
Put Purchase 433000 9.414 EURO 29/12/2008 0
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES
Date of disclosure 01 October 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased 1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 433,000 9.4140 EURO 29/12/2008
Option Purchased 600,000 12.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 260,000 9.7500 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/09/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 55,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -55,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 7,500 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 10,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -15,000 11.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 9.5000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -2,500 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 19,900 13.0400 EURO 03/10/2008
Option Purchased 215,285 9.2900 EURO 20/04/2009
Option Purchased 250,000 10.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 120,000 10.5000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -2,000,000 21.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -250,000 14.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 14.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -195,381 9.6300 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -260,000 10.5000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -135,012 14.0200 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -135,012 14.0200 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -114,995 10.0100 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -114,995 10.0100 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -62,159 8.7900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -62,159 8.7900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -195,381 9.6300 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 14.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 10,000,000 14.5400 EURO 23/02/2010
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -433,000 10.6692 EURO 29/12/2008
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given.
Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk